Football Season Guide

Bundesliga II

Germany

Bundesliga II

2022/2023

Paderborn

In

Adrian Gryszkiewicz (def) Gornik Zabrze; Robert Leipertz (att) FC Heidenheim; Robin Bormuth (def) Karlsruher SC; Raphael Obermair (def) FC Magdeburg; Tobias Muller (def) FC Magdeburg; Sirlord Conteh (att) FC Magdeburg; Sebastian Klass (mid) VFL Osnabruck; Kai Klefisch (mid) Richmond Tachie (att) Borussia Dortmund II; Marcel Hoffmeier (def) Preußen Münster; Jasper van der Werff (def) RB Salzburg; John Iredale (att) Wehen Wiesbaden - end of loan;

Out

Frederic Ananou (r) (def) Hansa Rostock; Jamilu Collins (sp) (def) Cardiff; Robin Yalcin (r) (def) Sivasspor; Kai Proger (r) (att) Hansa Rostock; Maximilian Thalhammer (r) (mid) Jahn Regensburg; Marco Stiepermann (sp) (mid) Wuppertaler SV; Marcel Correia (sp) (def) SV Elversberg; Luca Marseiler (att) Viktoria Koln; Johannes Dorfler (sp) (def) SV Waldhof Mannheim - on loan; Jesse Edem Tugbenyo (def) SC Verl - on loan; Philipp Klement (r) (mid) Justus Henke (sp) (def) Wuppertaler SV; VFB Stuttgart - end of loan; Kemal Ademi (sp) (att) Khimki - end of loan; Marvin Cuni (sp) (att) Bayern Munich - end of loan; Adrian Oeynhausen (mid) released;

Paderborn finished a respectable seventh last season after a strong start and finish to the campaign. Their dip in form between December and March ultimately killed any chance of promotion but that would have been a long shot anyway due to the quality of opposition in the division. It has been a busy summer for Paderborn with many incomings and outgoings at the club. One man who has stuck around is Coach Lukas Kwasniok, a manager who keeps his cards close to his chest, with regular changes to his starting line-up and formation. The club has brought in eleven new faces to the squad in the summer, among those are experienced Liga 2 players Robin Bormuth and Robert Leipertz. Kwasniok has looked to strengthen in the defensive area the most, with Polish centre-back Adrian Gryszkiewicz a notable addition, while Jasper van der Werff has signed on a permanent deal. There have been departures in the aforementioned area with Robin Yalcin, Marcel Correia, Jamilu Collins, and Frederik Ananou all moving on so new personnel were needed. Kai Proger and Maximilian Thalhammer have also left so it could take some time for the new-look squad to gel. You would expect more of the same from Paderborn this season, especially in terms of their counter-attacking style of play. This worked wonders on the road last season but a focus will be made on improving at home, where they were poor last campaign.

Target

Promotion - Paderborn should not be written off as promotion contenders, there is strength-in-depth and plenty of quality in the ranks, a decent start and overall consistency will be the deciding factor.